'I haven't seen someone so totally alone and abandoned like that since you were on stage with James Franco at the Oscars.'Golden Globes co-host Tina Fey, about former Academy Award host's Anne Hathaway's turn as Fantine in Les Miserables

'Judi Dench! I mean, where did she come from? A former police officer, and here, in her first movie, she's just terrific'Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell reading out the nominees in the best actress (comedy or musical) category

'Merry-el Streep' is a 'sassy sheriff' in a movie about a person named 'Hope Springs' … Jennifer Lawrence is 'J-Law' … Maggie Smith is nominated for Quartet, a movie where no one knows what it is.' Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell continue to introduce the best actress (comedy or musical) nominees

'The Cecil B DeMille Award says as much about the presenter as the recipient, and that's why I'm here for Jodie.'Robert Downey Jr, presenting the award for contributions to entertainment to Jodie Foster

'If you had been a public figure from the time you were a toddler, and you had to fight for a life that felt real and honest and normal against all odds, then maybe then you might value privacy about all else. Privacy. Someday in the future people will look back and remember how beautiful it was.' Jodie Foster, making her acceptance speech

Guardian film critics Xan Brooks, Catherine Shoard, Andrew Pulver and Henry Barnes argue that the Oscar race is again wide open after a Golden Globes ceremony that gave the big prizes to Les Misérables and Argo and was notable for Jodie Foster's 'coming out' speech

Jodie Foster's 'coming out' speech at the Golden Globes was beautiful, says Sam Leith. And it wasn't just what she said, but the clever, elegant way she used the power of rhetoric to get her point across